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Sphingolipids and membrane environments for caveolin
Author(s) -
Sonnino Sandro,
Prinetti Alessandro
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.01.007
Subject(s) - sphingolipid , caveolin , microbiology and biotechnology , transmembrane protein , signal transduction , membrane , function (biology) , cell adhesion , adhesion , chemistry , cell membrane , biology , cell , caveolae , biochemistry , receptor , organic chemistry
Caveolin‐1, and probably also ‐2 and ‐3, can organize multimolecular membrane complexes involved in transmembrane traffic, cell adhesion and signal transduction. In this review, we discuss on the importance of caveolin membrane environment in regulating the architecture and function of such complexes, with a special emphasis on the role of sphingolipids.